Born in Moscow,
Russia. Holds B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Moscow
State Institute of International Relations and a Ph.D. in History
from Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada, Academy of Sciences
of the USSR. From 1988 to 1993 - Deputy Director of the Institute
for the Study of the USA and Canada. Dr. Plekhanov has taught as Visiting
Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Occidental
College (Los Angeles), and served as Soviet Affairs Consultant with
CBS News (1989-1991). Since his arrival in Canada in 1993, he has
been a frequent commentator on Russian and East European affairs for
Canadian TV and radio networks and print media. He has consulted Canadian
and US governments on Russian affairs and testified at hearings at
the Parliament of Canada and US Congress.

Current positions: Associate Professor at the Department of Political
Science, York University; Coordinator of the Post-Communist Studies
Program at York Centre for International and Security Studies; Senior
Associate of the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies,
University of Toronto. Prof. Plekhanov has published widely on issues
of post-communist transformations in Russia, Russian foreign policy,
US-Russian relations, and American politics. He is serving as Secretary
of the Canadian Pugwash Group, an NGO advocating nuclear non-proliferation
and disarmament.